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Category Archives: Italian
Fusilli and mushrooms in a pesto sauce and salad. 5/17/23
Note: This will be my last post for a while. I hope to start up again on a regular basis in July. We started off dinner with a large platter of salad for the three of us. I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, Salad
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Noodles and zoodles with mushroom scampi 5/10/23
I made a mushroom scampi sauce for the first time last week and it was a big hit with John. All you need to do is sauté the mushrooms and a shallot in a tablespoon each of butter and olive … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Chicken Marsala with mashed potatoes and green beans. 5/9/23
Here is another idea for using rotisserie chicken.After taking the meat off the chicken (and turning all the bones and bits into stock) we sliced one of the breasts into several smaller pieces. John made the Marsala sauce by creating … Continue reading
Penne with mushrooms scampi style over kale 5/3/23
After reading an article that scampi is not just for shrimp I decided to try “scampifying” a pasta mushroom sauce. This consisted of starting with equal amounts of olive oil and butter, a tablespoon of each. Next I sautéed a … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged mushrooms, pasta, scampi
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Pesto noodles and zoodles over kale. 4/22/23
In October of last year we got lots of basil from the community garden. I made quite a bit of pesto and froze it in large cubes. I defrosted two of them for our pesto pasta. To add volume to … Continue reading
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Fettuccine with tomato sauce and kale. 4/12/23
When I eat pasta I like to have a big portion. But too much pasta blows my calorie allotment. In tonight’s dinner I solved that in two ways. First I shredded some cabbage to about the same width as the … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Mediterranean, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged cabbage, kale, pasta
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Pasta and Brussels sprouts. 4/6/23
I have never put Brussels sprouts in pasta before. I figured that if I regularly make pasta with broccoli and Brussels sprouts are in the same family, why not?! I sliced each sprout in three pieces through the root end. … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged brussels sprouts, pasta
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Simply pasta. 2/8/23
Our pasta meal on Wednesday was merely fettuccine and spiralized zucchini (zoodles) with mushrooms, onions, and garlic. The sauce consisted of olive oil and pasta water.
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Fusilli with mushrooms, zucchini, and asparagus. 2/2/23
You could make this pasta dish with any shape you like. I do think it works better with shapes rather than strands. I chopped up all the vegetables ahead of time so the cooking went really quickly. Using a large … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Penne with tomato sauce and meatballs. 1/23/23
As often happens when I make pasta I am so excited to eat it that I forget to take a picture. Luckily there are plenty of images on the internet of penne and meatballs. Although I purchased pre-made frozen meatballs, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meatballs, pasta
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